At that calm hour when Peris love To gaze upon the Heaven above, Whose portals bright with many a gem Are closed—forever closed _on them_. The Subahdar with noiseless step Rushed like the night-breeze o’er the deep. We look in vain for another instance worth quoting. But were the fancy seen in these examples observable either in the general conduct or in the incidents of the narrative, we should not feel obliged to disagree so unequivocally with that opinion which pronounces this clever little production “_one which would not have done discredit to our most popular poets in the meridian of their fame_!” “As the work of a girl of sixteen,” most assuredly we _do not_ think it “_prodigious_.” In regard to it we may repeat what we said of “Lenore,”—that we have seen finer poems in every respect, written by children of more immature age. It is a creditable composition; nothing beyond this. And, in so saying, we shall startle none but the brainless, and the adopters of ready-made ideas. We are convinced that we express the unuttered sentiment of every educated individual who has read the poem. Nor, having given the plain facts of the case, do we feel called upon to proffer any apology for our flat refusal to play ditto either to Miss Sedgwick, to Mr. Irving, or to Mr. Southey. * * * * * _The Seaman’s Friend; Containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship, with Plates; A Dictionary of Sea Terms; Customs and Usages of the Merchant Service; Laws Relating to the Practical Duties of Masters and Mariners. By_ R. H. Dana, Jr. _Author of “Two Years Before the Mast.” Little and Brown: Boston. Carey and Hart: Philadelphia._